GOVT 340
Fall 2010
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01
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| Certificates: International Relations |
This course examines the moral and political issues that arise in the context of international politics. Is the use of violence by states limited by moral rules, and is there such a thing as a just war? Are there human rights that all states must respect? Should violation of those rights be adjudicated in the international courts? Are states justified in enforcing such rights beyond their own borders? Is a system of independent states morally legitimate? What, if any, are the grounds on which states can claim freedom from interference by other states and actors in their internal affairs? Must all legitimate states be democracies? Do states and/or individuals have an obligation to provide assistance to foreign states and citizens? Are there any requirements of international distributive justice? |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (GOVT)(GOVT-Comparativ)(GOVT-Intl.)(GOVT-Theory) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
The following list is subject to change:
Thomas Hobbes, LEVIATHAN (Hackett) ISBN: 0-87220-177-5
Immanuel Kant, POLITICAL WRITINGS (Cambridge) ISBN: 9-780521-398374
John Rawls, THE LAW OF PEOPLES (Harvard) ISBN: 978-0-674-00542-6
Michael Walzer, JUST AND UNJUST WARS, 4TH ED. (Basic) ISBN: 9780465037070
Michael Gross, MORAL DILEMMAS OF MODERN WAR (Cambridge UP) ISBN: 9780521685108
Fiona Terry, CONDEMNED TO REPEAT: THE PARADOX OF HUMANITARIAN ACTION (Cornell UP) ISBN: 978-0-8014-8796-5
David Kennedy, THE DARK SIDES OF VIRTUE (Princeton UP) ISBN: 0691123942
Paul Collier, WARS, GUNS AND VOTES (Harper Collins) ISBN: 9780061479649
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Examinations and Assignments:
One short (6-8 pp) paper; four response (2-3 pp) papers; term paper; final. |
| Instructor(s): Moon,J. Donald Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: ALLB103; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 9 | JR major: 9 | | |
| Seats Available: -3 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 2 | FR: X |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 4 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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